Sony held its E3 media briefing this evening, highlighting its line-up of first-party games or games from third-party publishers that would do "something first" on PlayStation 4 or Vita. There wasn't a great deal of talk about VR or its entertainment offerings (there was some), but there were a lot of cool games.

Sony has announced the "free games" PlayStation Plus subscribers will have access to next week and during the month of June on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita.

PlayStation 4 owners will be able to download and play Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. They will also be able to play Skulls of the Shogun: Bone-a-Fide Edition, Super Exploding Zoo and Futuridium EP Deluxe cross-play titles.

Sony announced today via its PlayStation Blog that it will work with gaming personality Geoff Keighley to live-stream its June 15 E3 Expo press conference ("The PlayStation E3 Experience") to 75 movie theaters in the United States and Canada.

Sony announced via the PlayStation Blog that its game streaming subscription service PlayStation Now will be coming to the PlayStation 3 later this month. Sony will bring PlayStation Now to PS3 officially on May 12, and you'll be able to play "more than 100 hit PS3 games" on the PS3, PS4 and "select Sony Blu-ray players and TVs."

Lifetime global sales of Sony's PlayStation 4 have surpassed 22.3 million, according to Eurogamer. Sony notes that these numbers break down to around 44,600 units sold every day since its launch in November of 2014. These new figures come from Sony's latest financial report (PDF), which also notes that in the 12 month period ending March 31 the company sold 14.8 million.

Sony has revealed the free games PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America can get during the month of May for PS4, PS3, and PS Vita. For PS4 owners, Sony is offering Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition and Ether One.

David D'Angelo from Yacht Club Games revealed on the PlayStation Blog that the grisly protagonist from God of War will be making a cameo in the PS Vita, PS3 and PS4 versions of Shovel Knight when it launches on those platforms on April 21. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the God of War series, Yacht Club Games will bring Kratos in as a boss fight for the beloved Shovel Knight.

Late last year Sony announced that it had settled with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it falsely advertised the capabilities of its PS Vita. From late 2011 to early 2012. As part of the settlement SCEA agreed to provide refunds to Vita customers who purchased the device before June 1, 2012. They will dole out a $25 cash or credit refund, or a $50 voucher for select games and services.

Sony announced today that it will shut down Destiny of Spirits for the PS Vita June 30. Developed by the fine folks at Q-Entertainment (who you probably know better as the developers of the hit games Lumines and Rez), Destiny of Spirits is a free-to-play RPG that was launched less than a year ago.

Sony's PlayStation Blog has announced that Tower of Guns on PS4 and PS3 will be one of April's PS+ games. Dishonored for PS3 will also be available for the month of April, as will Killzone Mercenary and MonsterBag for the PS Vita. PS4 owners will also be able to get their hands on Never Alone as well.

According to this post on the UK PlayStation Blog, Sony will stop offering online support for MLB 14 The Show for the game in the region. The PS4, PS3, and PS Vita versions of the game will lose support on June 18 when Sony takes the servers permanently offline.

Sony announced that it plans to shut down PlayStation Mobile store on July 15 - though you'll still be able to buy content via browser until Sept. 10. In-app purchases of games already purchased and re-downloading purchased content will be discontinued after Sept 10 as well, the company noted in its announcement. The PlayStation Mobile Developer Portal will shut down a few months later on Nov. 30.

Customers who purchased content through PlayStation Mobile will still be able to continue playing it but they'll have to do a few things first.

Bloomberg reports that the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita finally have a release date and pricing after a delay from its original launch date of January 11. Sony will release the PlayStation 4 and PS Vita in China March 20.

Sony's PlayStation Blog (and its European equivalent) have revealed all of the free stuff available to subscribers of its PlayStation Plus subscription in February. Beginning on February 4 PS4 owners will be able to score Apotheon, Transistor, and Rogue Legacy. PS3 owners will get Thief, Yakuza 4, and Rogue Legacy.

Apps for YouTube and Maps are being discontinued on PlayStation Vita, according to the Vita support page. The first to go is YouTube, which will no longer be supported on Sony's hand-held in North America and Europe. Downloads for it are no longer available and on April 20, it will be removed from Vita for good. Users can continue to use the app until that date.

Sony says that users can continue to use YouTube through the browser application.

Sony will launch the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in China on January 11, 2015, the company announced today. Sony will sell the PS4 in China for 2,899 RMB ($468) and the PS Vita for 1,299 RMB ($210). Sony also announced that - in addition to its own internal studios - 70 third-party developers and publishers will be working on titles for release in the region.

Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over claims that it falsely advertised the capabilities of its PS Vita, according to Joystiq. From late 2011 to early 2012. As part of the settlement SCEA has agreed to provide refunds to Vita customers who purchased the device before June 1, 2012. They will dole out a $25 cash or credit refund, or a $50 voucher for select games and services.

Sony is working on an internet-based television service called PlayStation Vue, which it claims will work with PlayStation consoles and other devices like the iPad. The service is set for launch later this year, according to Sony.

Publisher 505 Games announced that the popular action-y world building role-playing game Terraria is coming the PlayStation 4 on November 12. The release for Sony's newest console is being dubbed an "ultimate version" that is almost "three times the size" of the PS3 edition.

GANDER.tv will continue its agreement with Sony Entertainment and Turnstyle Music Group L.L.C. to stream the November 6th concert at DROM, a leading performance venue in the New York City’s East Village. Headlining the record release show is three-time Grammy-winner and current saxophonist in the Dave Matthews Band, Jeff Coffin, and his group The Mu’Tet. The concert will be available to Sony’s PlayStation family of devices and on GANDER.tv’s broadcast network. The broadcast will be accessible for a small subscription fee of $3.00 on both systems.

The PlayStation TV micro console from Sony is available at North American retailers in several packages today. The micro console from Sony comes in two flavors: a $99.99 standalone system (minus a memory card and controller), or a $139.99 bundle that includes a wireless DualShock 3 controller, 8GB memory card, and The Lego Movie Videogame.

In Europe (launching November 14), PS TV will retail for around £84.99/€99.99 and will include vouchers for Worms Revolution Extreme, Velocity Ultra and OlliOlli. Controllers and memory cards will have to be purchased separately.

After a lengthy wait, PS Vita owners will finally be able to play Mojang's popular world crafting game Minecraft next week. Sony announced via the PlayStation Blog that the PS Vita Edition of Minecraft will be coming to the Playstation store next week.

Minecraft PS Vita Edition will be available via the PlayStation Store on Oct. 14 for only $19.99, while the retail version will be released on Nov. 11.

Sony announced this morning that scheduled PlayStation Network maintenance is to take place on October 13 in North America, and October 14 in Europe. In North America, PSN maintenance will reportedly take place between 10am and 5pm PT on October 13, according to CVG. PSN maintenance in Europe will take place from 6pm BST next Monday until 1am BST on Tuesday.

Sony has released the first video showing off some of the features you can expect from its upcoming PlayStation TV micro-console. The PlayStation TV promises to let consumers stream PlayStation 4 games to another HD TV in their homes, and play titles from other Sony home console and portable systems on the big screen. The system is already available in Japan.

Dan Adelman, the guy that used to be in charge of Nintendo's indie program, was let go by the company in early August. Today we learn from Gamasutra that Adelman is helping developer Tom Happ with Axiom Verge. Adelman says that he is handling the business- and marketing-related stuff for Happ's upcoming game.

Sony announced that almost 700 games will be available on PlayStation TV when it launches in Europe and North America later this year. The PlayStation TV is a micro-console originally made for Asia that allows streaming of PS4 games to another HD in your home, as well as select PS Vita, PSP, and PS One classic games.

According to data collected and curated by popular porn destination PornHub, 45.8 percent of the site's console traffic comes from PlayStation 3 users, 41.4 percent is from Xbox 360 users, with Wii users (6.4), 3DS users (1.4) and PS Vita users (4.5) far behind the rest of the pack but still registering enough to be noticed.

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Infophile: @Matt: Apparently Dan Aykroyd actually is involved. We don't know how yet, though, but he's apparently going to be in the movie in some way.08/02/2015 - 4:17am

Mattsworkname: I still hold that not having the origonal cast invovled in any way hurts this movie, and unless the 4 actresses in the lead roles can some how measure up to the comic timing of the origonal cast, i just don't see it being a success08/02/2015 - 12:46am

Mattsworkname: Mecha: regardless of what you think of it, GB 2 was a finanical success and for it time did well with audiances ,even if it wasnt as popular as the first08/02/2015 - 12:45am

MechaTama31: I think they're better off trying to do something different, than trying to be exactly the same and having every little difference held up as a shortcoming. Uncanny valley.08/01/2015 - 11:57pm

MechaTama31: Having the original cast didn't do much for... that pink-slimed atrocity which we must never speak of.08/01/2015 - 11:56pm

Mattsworkname: Andrew: If the new ghostbusters bombs, I cant help but feel it'll be cause it removed the origonal cast and changed the formula to much08/01/2015 - 8:31pm

Andrew Eisen: Not the best look but that appears to be a PKE meter hanging from McCarthy's belt.08/01/2015 - 7:34pm

Mattsworkname: You know what game is a lot of fun? rocket league. It' s a soccer game thats actually fun to play cause your A Freaking CAR!08/01/2015 - 7:02pm

Mattsworkname: Nomad colossus did a little video about it, showing the world and what can be explored in it's current form. It's worth a look, and he uses text for commentary as not to break the immerison08/01/2015 - 5:49pm

Mattsworkname: I feel some more mobility would have made it more interesting and I feel that a larger more diverse landscape with better graphiscs would help, but as a concept, it interests me08/01/2015 - 5:48pm

Andrew Eisen: Huh. I guess I'll have to check out a Let's Play to get a sense of the game.08/01/2015 - 5:47pm

Mattsworkname: It did, I found the idea of exploring a world at it's end, exploring the abandoned city of a disappeared alien race and the planets various knooks and crannies intriqued me.08/01/2015 - 5:46pm

Andrew Eisen: Did it appeal to you? If so, what did you find appealing?08/01/2015 - 5:43pm

Mattsworkname: Its an interesting concept, but it's not gonna appeal to everyone thats for sure,08/01/2015 - 5:40pm

Andrew Eisen: That sounds horrifically boring. Doesn't sound like an interesting use of its time dilation premise either. 08/01/2015 - 5:36pm

Mattsworkname: an observer , seeing this sorta frozen world and being able to explore without any restriction other then time. no enimes, no threats, just the chance to explore08/01/2015 - 5:34pm

Mattsworkname: Andrew: I meant lifeless planet, Time frame is an exploration game. Your dropped onto a world which is gonna be hit by a metor in 10 seconds, but due to time dilation ,you actually have ten minutes, so you can explore the world, in it's last moments, as08/01/2015 - 5:32pm